Guild Wars 2

I am not opposed to a new way to fight a dragon, but including a JP on the back of one would just not work. As of now having a largescale event like that already drops FPS down to nil, and in some cases lots of lag. Trying to do an intricate JP in that setting would be horrifically god awful at best. Also those trying to just kill the dragon VS those just upscaling the event to get the JP would cause even more rage then trying to do an unorganized Teq, or THW run, with those who just tag and die. Although I like the idea of a Shadow of the Colossus style fight in GW2, I just don’t see it working at all.

Yes it should remain the same. Why lower it? A big part of why people change servers is primarily WvW. I was with a rather large guild that switched servers JUST for WvW. You are correct that that a server transfer does only effect one game mode, but that doesn’t mean that the work invloved in changing a server is any less. Which is why the price is what it is.

I could see tomes being on the gem store. However as Chase, said it would be expensive to level to 80 through gems. But adding such a feature would increase the cries of “Pay to Win”, and “This is unfair because I had to level the normal way!!” And lastly @chase: This isn’t WoW, and such comparisions are ultimately wrong anyway.

Ascended level cooking? Yeah what would that be interesting.

Agree with most everything already said. As far as Agony infusions go, yes craft them. Although you need AR on fractals past level 10, the higher tier infusions actualy can sell for quite a bit. But the cost of the thermocatalytic reagents can be expensive.

Yeah, crafting wouldn’t be a very feasible idea. However having an alternate method of gaining a precurser would be fantastic. I would not mind going on a 3 week long time gated quest spanning every zone, dungeon, and BL to get a precurser. That would be awesome! But crafting….not so much.

OOOOO Pick me!! Pick me!!

I love when people do contests and stuff like this. It kinda makes me happy
Thank you!!

The sad part is that more and more games are moving towards consoles than PCs. Although PC gaming is in no danger of dying out anytime in the foreseeable future, and is still going strong, the fact is that more and more people are going console rather than PC for gaming. Game companies are recognizing this are are making more console ports of PC games than ever before. I am ok with some console ports of games, but some games just don’t flow well on a console. Games like Star Craft, of other RTS games, just aren’t the same on a console as on a PC, and never will be. Even if GW2 was to port over to console, I don’t think it would be nearly as good as the PC version.

VodCom.6924:

ricky markham.8173:

they have white mantle in one of the personal stories for human so they are still up and going maybe we will se more of them in ls2

I hope so, as long as they have decent npc model with armours that look like white mantle and not the terrible place holders one can see in the remains of aurora.

Anet I beg you, give them capes with the white mantle emblem on it. That will make them more credible at least.

Capes went out of fashion 200 years ago. Thats why you don’t see them around much any more.

Vol.7601:

Then people on these forums would complain that you could buy a level 80 with Gems

Gems > Gold > Buy Tomes

Pretty much. But then that is EXACTLY what would happen if they were made sellable on the TP. Because why learn to play the game, or a new profession when you can just buy your way to level 80?

Concerning the Momentous Stike skill that actives with Reckless dodge. The only thing I can find on it was This. I don’t know how accurate it is, or even it it applies. But it is very interesting nonetheless. I’m going to have to look into it more.

@teckos

I have yet to play an RPG, japanese or otherwise, that has not been story driven. Even tabletop RPGs are built entirely around a story.
“A common criteria for whether a game is an “RPG” is whether the game has a complex storyline, and whether the character goes through different places, fighting bosses and communicating with both friends and enemies." wiki article

The very definition of an RPG is one that invloves a story. Even the wiki on tabletop RPGs say that tabletop RPGs are a form of interactive storytelling. Key word being storytelling. An RPG without a story is little more that a simulation. And thus, an MMORPG without a story line of some sort, is a fantasy simulator with other people and not really an RPG.

+15,395

I agree. Much of the forums is very negative, and even when a dev responds to the negative feedback with something positive its almost always met with more negativity. I am sure seeing something you’ve worked kitten being bashed can be very discouraging. Keep up the awesome work. You guys are awesome and amazing!!!!!!!

I don’t know…MMO on a console? Doesn’t seem like it would work very well…

Delta.4697:

mtpelion.4562:

Delta.4697:

How much gph would I be getting at Orr? Is it worth spending MF Boosters for? Also, should I aim for max MF?

The GPH will depend on the loot you get. As you improve your Magic Find, your GPH will rise.

Definitely use your MF Boosters, and use a class that can tag a lot of mobs quickly.

Maxing MF is expensive. Get it to about 100%, then let it grow naturally via salvaging.

So should I buy ecto’s and salvage them and sell the dusts?

About salvaging ectos… This might answer your question

Teckos.1305:

lordkrall.7241:

It is a RPG after all, stories tend to be rather important in those.
Would you rather run around killing the same mob over and over and over and over and over and over and over again, just for the sake of killing them?

RPG games aren’t really about story but more about the immersion of the player in the world, and gameplay elements are not limited to combat, a jumping puzzle is a gameplay element. If you take skyrim as an example the lore around the quests is not that good, but the game have another way to give lore through investigation(which is a gameplay element) finding and reading books will give you lore in a much more ludicrous way. Finally what the rpg genre does best is to let the players create a story by themselves and this is only achieved through gameplay.

I beg to differ. RPG games are ALL about the story. Because as a player, you are taking the ROLE of the character within the story. Meaning YOU are the character in the story, main or otherwise. While immersion into the world is a major part of that, having a character that is part of the world but not part of the story relegates the player to an insignificant role and they might as well be an NPC. Every RPG, from tabletop to video game has placed the player as either the main character, or in a role that has a very signifiacnt impact on the story. Also many RPGs, except open sandbox games, which are rare in the RPG world, basically drag the player along the story line, with few illusions of choice. This is called linear story or railroading. The older Final Fantasy games are a great example of this. While there was the main story arch, there were a few “side quests” that allowed the player to explore different paths and find new things and character back stories, they all tied into the main story arch, and there was NO getting away from it. Everything you did was to progress the story. Even the side quests had ties to the main story arch, just from that characters perspective, and their motivations for joining the main character(s) on their quest.

Also there are times when it is down for maintenace and it’s not always announced or give an error. Keep trying.

JustTrogdor.7892:

Dungeons are the best way for guaranteed gold.

True, however there is an even more effective way at guarunteed gold, although some might call it an exploit.

Open up the gem store, click buy gems, enter in your credit card information, buy gems. After you receive your gems, go to the currency exchange tab in the gem store, and click convert gems to gold. Enter in the amount of gems you’ve purchased and click convert. It’s faster than running dungeons, and provides far more gold than even a full dungeon path tour depending on how many gems you’ve purchased. :P

Spiky.8403:

“Hi, I just bought this game, why do people that finished map completion before July 1st 2014 have advantage over me? Why do I have to complete one more zone? Worst update ever!”

Nope, I don’t think it will be new zone. Or maybe something like Southsun, which doesn’t count towards map completion.

Map completion is OP.

It may be a fully explorable map that counts toward map completion, but not to those who already have it. Just like the extra WP and POIs in map completion zones don’t count toward those who already completed it. Players who have 100% map will still be able to complete it and get the zone completion reward.

At least thats how I see it working. They wouldn’t take away our gifts of exploration with the edition of each new zone. That would kitten off the ENTIRE player base, including those new to the game.

Delta.4697:

Thank you for your reply. But does that include Arah, and things like fractals? From what I’ve heard, those aren’t worth the effort. Also, does that include repeating things like CoF?
I don’t seem to get much out of dungeons, but I might be doing something wrong. If you could do you do a specific dungeon path? If you could elaborate, that would be great, thanks.

I’m pretty sure that includes Arah. However I don’t know where you got 3g a day from dungeons. AC P1/2/3 each give 1g55s per day, so just those is 4g 65s. Add in HotW p1, 1g 5s, Cof P1/3 2g 10s, CoE P3? 1g 5s, TA Up and Forward, 2g 10s. Fractals, 1g+ per level. I don’t really do Arah, but from what I understand it’s at least 3g per path.

So without Arah, we are looking at LEAST 11g 95s per day, just doing the easy dungeons. Thats NOT including the extra silver from completing the dungeon, nor selling the items gained in the dungeon. Also that is not a full tour, as it leaves out CM and Arah. If you were to do a FULL tour. Each path, each dungeon, you can easily get 40-50g a day.

@OP

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Great post! There is some good information here, but I’m confused. Were most of the test samples does with rares? or with exotics? Or with a mix of both? Also where they generic types? or unique? (i.e. “beserkers greatsword of air” or “godskull slayer”) Also did the TYPE of weapon make a difference in the type of precurser recieved? (like getting Dusk when forging greatswords)

Although it would be nice to have jeweler to 500 for ascended jewelry, most of the ascended jewelry can already be obtained through drops, especially rings, in fractals. Other can be bought with either Laurals, or fractal relics. Although ascended jewel upgrade components would be cool. But I don’t see it happening any time soon.

Do you also have your mystic clovers?

Also I think masters salvage kits work work fine for salvaging ectos, not sure the “drop” rate on dust when salvaging on masters vs black lion kits though.

Edit: Just found this
It would appear that using the BLK offers .14 more of a chance to get dust than a masters. It is slightly more, but not enough for ME to use the BLKs when salvagin ectos.

If I had to guess on why this happened, was that some market speculators have been watching the item, and not having any activity for awhile, they decided just to wait and watch. You placed your bid, so they jumped into action, and placed similar bids hoping to be able to get that item, as it seemed a more reasonable bid than 1g.

Plus it’s not unusual to find that people generally have the same thoughts about the same time. Ususally if one person is thinking about it and acts on it, there will be dozens, if not more, people who have had the exact same thought, and decided to act after they saw one person act.

From what I understood was that if the opener has a disconnect, or any other technical issue that causes them to go offline, it doesnt kick the party. But when the opener leaves the instance does the party get kicked. Examples of the opener leaving are, character swaps, actually walking through the portal at the beginning, or getting kicked. Disconnects and internet connectivity issues of the opener dont effect the party.

It seems to me that the OP is trying to address an issue that doesnt really exist. The system as it is now, is a safeguard from kicking the party leader/opener because someone in the party doesnt like them. If you dont like the party you are in, then leave the party. Dont try to hijack the party because you dont like the leader, its quite simple really.

eekzie.5640:

pdavis.8031:

Just a few points

1) Watchwork mining pick: A 20% chance of gaining a spocket is not an unfair advantage. Any more than running beserkers speed clear dungeons is an unfair advantage of those unable to compete at that level. a 20% chance at gaining 3s when mining really isn’t that game breaking enough to warrent changing the gem store item we bought for that very reason.

2)The fractal LFG scaling is done according to Agony Resistance. At level 10 is when you start needing it, and every 10 levels thereafter needs more. Changing the scaling on the LFG would make it a bit more complicated. It’s really not hard to understand as it is.

7?) Bag Sharing: There already is such a device. The bank. The bank can be accessed by any character on your account at any time, via banker golem, Bank Access Express, and permenant banker access express contract. Adding a bag would most certainly be a gem store item, but would just be the same function to the other bank accessing items on the gem store, so it’s really kind moot.

Bloodstone/empryeal fragment/dust nodes: Don’t really see the need for it. Ore/fragments/dust already drops at a ridiculous rate, and people are complaining that there is too much of it. Having a node would make it easier to get, but that would defeat the idea that you need to play the game to get them. If you have the 5000 needed to make a node, then why would you need the node? If you are trying to craft ascended with it, then having 5000 is more than enough. Its really not needed.

Removale of gem store items: Most of the specialty items in the gem store are MEANT to be limited edition. They may come back at some point, but keeping EVERYTHING in the gem store only makes it so you have 15 million different screens to scroll through to find what you are looking for, and from what I remember the devs said that is something they would like to avoid. If you missed it, there is a chance it may come back at some point. But in the end, do vanity items really matter?

The watchwork mine is simply unfair towards people who bought the other mining picks. I can’t think of any argument to justify it. It is by definition simply unfair to give people who buy the same item later an advantage without giving it to the people who had it earlier. It is bad ethics. It makes you not want to get items from the gemstore, because later on something better with the same functionality might come along.
That creates a very poor customer relationship.

The fractal scaling now is causing more harm than good. There’s been dozens of occasions where people in my party are really upset because they didn’t get their reward.

The bank is used for, you know it, banking your items. It’s a nice way to put all the items you wish to keep. The bag would function for a very different reason, namely easier sharing of account bound items.

The node is for people who have way too much of one type, but too little of another. And the return rate is small enough, in my opinion, to make it an interesting item.

As far as the specialty items, those are not the ones I mentioned. I was very specific about the ones that previously functioned as towns clothing and are now skins you can use in combat. And yes, vanity items matter a whole lot in a game that is mostly about vanity items. Items like Kasmeer’s Staff can return or can not return and I would be completely fine with it. But when you change the functionality of an item without mentioning it so that people can act accordingly, it is again an act of poor communication that shouldn’t have happened. Therefor returning them, for a small period of time would be a wise decision.

About the pick: the same thing could be said about the delux edition, or the collector’s edition, or sales. Those who just bought the heroic edition are at a disadvantage because those who bought the deluxe edition have a banker golem. And those who paid full price are screwed because they didn’t have a chance to get it at the 50% sale. But no the watchwork pick offers such a small amount of a percieved advantage its really not an issue.

Fractal scaling LFG: I was under the impression that the OP was reffering to how the fractals were seperated in the lfg panel (1-9, 10-19, etc.). Again this is due to the agony resistance that is required for each tier.

Thala Ragia
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Thala Deepsia
and Thala Stalwartia

Just a few points

1) Watchwork mining pick: A 20% chance of gaining a spocket is not an unfair advantage. Any more than running beserkers speed clear dungeons is an unfair advantage of those unable to compete at that level. a 20% chance at gaining 3s when mining really isn’t that game breaking enough to warrent changing the gem store item we bought for that very reason.

2)The fractal LFG scaling is done according to Agony Resistance. At level 10 is when you start needing it, and every 10 levels thereafter needs more. Changing the scaling on the LFG would make it a bit more complicated. It’s really not hard to understand as it is.

7?) Bag Sharing: There already is such a device. The bank. The bank can be accessed by any character on your account at any time, via banker golem, Bank Access Express, and permenant banker access express contract. Adding a bag would most certainly be a gem store item, but would just be the same function to the other bank accessing items on the gem store, so it’s really kind moot.

Bloodstone/empryeal fragment/dust nodes: Don’t really see the need for it. Ore/fragments/dust already drops at a ridiculous rate, and people are complaining that there is too much of it. Having a node would make it easier to get, but that would defeat the idea that you need to play the game to get them. If you have the 5000 needed to make a node, then why would you need the node? If you are trying to craft ascended with it, then having 5000 is more than enough. Its really not needed.

Removale of gem store items: Most of the specialty items in the gem store are MEANT to be limited edition. They may come back at some point, but keeping EVERYTHING in the gem store only makes it so you have 15 million different screens to scroll through to find what you are looking for, and from what I remember the devs said that is something they would like to avoid. If you missed it, there is a chance it may come back at some point. But in the end, do vanity items really matter?

Morsus.5106:

How about they just don’t upscale the events?

The main issue with that is, players will just tag and die, making the event downscale accordingly, making it much easier for those still alive to complete it.

@azhure

I can understand where you are coming from. And yes I agree “RL” can be an overstated excuse for tagging and dropping. However, can’t speak for others, but 95% of the reasons I have to leave mid battle is due to something “RL” happening. Kid waking up, wife needs something, etc. I enjoy the game, and PLAN on finishing all the content I start, and usually do, with few exceptions. But sometimes thats just not possible. Should I be punished by not recieveing any reward because I had to change my kids diaper and missed the final 2 min of the fight? Those of us with kids understand that THEY COME FIRST ALWAYS!! So I had to leave in the middle of a battle, and that inconvieniences other players, and they want something to punish me for it.

Now I agree there is abuse of the current system and something needs to be done, but there is no way to distinguish those who tag and drop and those who ACTUALLY had something and had to step away. Thats why I suggested having a tag or something as a way to help combat that very thing. However no matter what is done about it, eventually it will be abused as well, and we will be back in the same place we are.

@taygus

In some cases I’ve had that happen yes, in others not so much. I don’t know if it was a bug or something, but I participated in the battle, died, WP out, came back, boss was dead, no reward…

I feel the same, thats why I haven’t even touched light armor crafting on my alts. It’s just not worth it.

What about having an /afk tag that you can pop on? going /afk would function the similar to being dead, you can’t move, chat, do anything while /afk. Going /afk also prevents you form upscaling the event. And maybe if going /afk during a boss fight/world event only grants you the EXP/karma and bonus chest, but not the main boss chest. However, you’d have to participate in at least 80-85% of the entire battle to be eligable to recieve the boss chest to prevent people from tagging, then going /afk.

I understand that RL stuff happens. I have a family myself, and sometimes I need to go in the middle of a battle and more often then not, die. I would hate to be automatically wayported out, and miss the battle because my wife needs help with something or the kid knocked over the dog bowl and is eating the dog food. Generally these situations only take a couple of minutes max to take care of, but being punished by lost time during the event, and end up missing it because I was wayported out seems a bit harsh to me. I’d rather just stay dead, and get rezzed at the end and still be able to get the reward for my participation.

@ Ivan

Awesome!

Perhaps you are right. Either way, tailoring needs to be fixed. Even if the cost for bolts of damask were to remain the same (which I think they should, otherwise you can craft them for cheaper via tailoring and use them for other professions) the AMOUNT needed for Ascended light armor should be lowered.

So I ran your build the other day (with the exception of the gear, am too poor right now to buy a set, and need more dungeon tokens) however I was able to stack ~20 stacks of might no problem, but I did notice a huge hit to my DPS (I’m currently still in valk gear) but so far I am LOVING it! look forward to running it with the beserker gear and seeing how that goes. Thanks!

The “Build” song?

But everybody’s like:
Magi’s
Soldier’s
Cleric’s on your trinkets
Tanks
Healers
Bears on a gold leash

We don’t care, we aren’t caught up in your anti-zerker affair

And we’ll never be casuals
It doesn’t run in our blood
That kind of “deeps” just ain’t for us, we crave a different kind of builds

Let me be your soloer (soloer)
You can call me queen spider
And baby I’ll solo, I’ll solo, I’ll solo
Let me live that fantasy

Tyrian Rhapsody

Tyrian Rhapsody

Is this the real life? Or is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide. No escape from my enemies.
Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see.
I’m just a poor boy, I need no sympathy.
Because gold is easy come, easy go
Little high, little low
Anyway the wind blows doesn’t really matter to me. To me.

Maaaamaaaaaa! Just killed a warband! Put my hammer against their heads, took a swing and now they’re dead.
Silvari life has just begun, and know we’ve gone and thrown it all away!
Didn’t mean to make you die,
If I’m not online this time tomorrow.
Carry on! Carry on. As if bloodstone dust really matters…

I’m too late! Tequatls just begun.
Sends shivers down my spine.
Inventory is full all the time.
Good bye everybody, I’ve got to go!
Gotta leave you all behind and face my wife!
Mama! ooo
I don’t want to die!
I sometimes wish I wouldn’t have a Norn at all!

I see a little silhouetto of a charr.
Scaramouch, scaramouch will you do the jumping puzzle.
Thunderbolts and lightning very very frightening me!
Zorromos, Zorromos
Zorromos, Zorromos
Zorromos RNG, Magnifico!

I’m just a poor plant, nobody loves me.
He’s just a poor plant from a poor Pale Tree,
Spare him his life from this Risen Monstrosity.
Easy come, easy go, will your guild let you go?
Asura! No – we will not let you go – let him go
Asura! We will not let you go – let him go
Asura! We will not let you go – let me go
Will not let you go – let me go (never)
Never let you go – let me go
Never let me go – ooo
No, no, no, no, no, no, no -
Oh mama mia, mama mia, mama mia let me go!
Balthazar has an obsidian shard put aside for me, for me, for meeeeeeeeeeee!

So you think you can kill me and loot my stuff!
So you think you can steal my buff!
Ohh babyyy, I’ll report you, noob babyyy
Just gotta get out, just gotta get out of the combaaat.

oooh yeah, oooh yeah.
Ooh yeah, ooh yeah
Karma really matters
Anyone can see
Karma really matters – karma really matters to me

Through out the various threads I have seen, and created, several Guild Wars themed songs and/or poems. I though that I would share them here in one place, so that the community can enjoy their awesomeness in one place, instead of several deeply buried threads. Please feel free to contribute any of your creations as well. Thank you and enjoy!

To Stack or not to stack?

To stack or not to stack? That is the question. Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the vet and elites of outrageous AI, or to take traits in arms against a sea of mobs, and by DPSing, end them. To die to res no more. And by a res we say end the combat and the armor damage that our character is heir to. ’Tis a consumation devoutly to be wished. To die, to res, perchance to be rezzed: Ay, there the rub, for in that downed state what RNG may come when we have shuffled through this dungeon path, must give us pause. Theres the respect that makes diminishing returns of so long farms. For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, the griefers wrong, the troll commanders inability, the pangs of DC, the devs delay, the insolence of pugs, and the impatient whining the unworthy takes. When he himself might his legendary make, with a bare greatsword? Who would bloodstone dust bear, to farm and grind under a wear life, but that the dread of something after the patch, the undiscovered jumping puzzle, from whose leaps no adventurer returns, frustrates the will and makes us rather take those mesmer ports, then to fly to walkthrough videos we know not of? Thus the fractals make cowards of us all and thus the native resolution is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of the zerg, and enterprises of great risk and movement. With this regard their guildies turned away and lose the name of awesome.

IvanTheGrey.2941:

pdavis.8031:

To stack or not to stack? That is the question. Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the vet and elites of outrageous AI, or to take traits in arms against a sea of mobs, and by DPSing, end them. To die to res no more. And by a res we say end the combat and the armor damage that our character is heir to. ’Tis a consumation devoutly to be wished. To die, to res, perchance to be rezzed: Ay, there the rub, for in that downed state what RNG may come when we have shuffled through this dungeon path, must give us pause. Theres the respect that makes diminishing returns of so long farms. For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, the griefers wrong, the troll commanders inability, the pangs of DC, the devs delay, the insolence of pugs, and the impatient whining the unworthy takes. When he himself might his legendary make, with a bare greatsword? Who would bloodstone dust bear, to farm and grind under a wear life, but that the dread of something after the patch, the undiscovered jumping puzzle, from whose leaps no adventurer returns, frustrates the will and makes us rather take those mesmer ports, then to fly to walkthrough videos we know not of? Thus the fractals make cowards of us all and thus the native resolution is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of the zerg, and enterprises of great risk and movement. With this regard their guildies turned away and lose the name of awesome.

Thank you.

/slowclap

Bravo good sir. Bravo.

At least someone appreciates the classical arts

/bows

Because leather is far mor common than cloth. Ive sold over 1000 peices of t5 leather (hard leather?) That ive aquired in a matter of a couple of weeks. Ive gotton no where near that amount of silk.

You’re welcome

I like the it. Although the runes are a hefty chunk of change, it does seem to make this work.

Thanks again!

To stack or not to stack? That is the question. Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the vet and elites of outrageous AI, or to take traits in arms against a sea of mobs, and by DPSing, end them. To die to res no more. And by a res we say end the combat and the armor damage that our character is heir to. ’Tis a consumation devoutly to be wished. To die, to res, perchance to be rezzed: Ay, there the rub, for in that downed state what RNG may come when we have shuffled through this dungeon path, must give us pause. Theres the respect that makes diminishing returns of so long farms. For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, the griefers wrong, the troll commanders inability, the pangs of DC, the devs delay, the insolence of pugs, and the impatient whining the unworthy takes. When he himself might his legendary make, with a bare greatsword? Who would bloodstone dust bear, to farm and grind under a wear life, but that the dread of something after the patch, the undiscovered jumping puzzle, from whose leaps no adventurer returns, frustrates the will and makes us rather take those mesmer ports, then to fly to walkthrough videos we know not of? Thus the fractals make cowards of us all and thus the native resolution is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of the zerg, and enterprises of great risk and movement. With this regard their guildies turned away and lose the name of awesome.

Thank you.

Hmm interesting. But with a low stat item, not even a cool skin with the name simply “ring”, I suppose there is someone dumb enough to buy it.

I can see that, but even those items that are listed For so high I cant see ever selling. Unless you were richie rich and had nothing else to do or buy, there are still much better items for much cheaper that cam be bought.

So I was looking through rings on the TP and I found a masterwork (green) ring listed for 40g. It added +15 precision and had an embellished jewel in. I think it was lvl 35. It was just called “ring”. Why is the ring so expensive? Did someone just list it that high for for the lulz? Or is it that sought after?

Its actually in the TP for 3500g.

Gamgee.8612:

Veckna.9621:

It’s all a matter of opinion and finances then, Strength Runes cost about 15-17g each depending on the flow of the market. I can see how for some people that might seem too costly but since I made the change to them I have not regretted it, I have also not compared them with Hoelbrak runes so I can’t possibly give any feedback on the matter but I firmly endorse the selection of Strength Runes by personal experience.
As far as ‘Max DPS’ currently warriors hardly have a chance to play their highest DPS builds given how the meta has shifted towards stacking elementalists and the drop-off from the usual EA build a warrior would run in a speedclear to the PS build I’ve given you is not that big of a deal (10% greatsword damage multiplier and 200 power) and the hopes of sacrificing as least DPS as possible are imbued in the choice of sigils rather than going with a combination of battle and/or might sigils exclusively to produce might.

Good luck with your results whatever runes you decide to take

Same here, I bought the strength runes quite some while ago and would never sell them even if I don’t use them as much as my Hoelbrak runes.

My point though, was that if you are considering turning down Strength Runes for Hoelbrak due to costs, you are in a seat that doesn’t require the strength runes anyway as you are not very serious about dungeoning. Get mah point? I wouldn’t ever state that Hoelbrak is as good DPS as Strength though. Which you might have thought I meant!

Oh I never considered Hoelbrak as good DPS as strength. I was more looking at the might duration aspect, and that it was the same as strength. And the main reason cost is an issue is, well, I’m poor. I may switch to Strength runes at some point in the future, but being poor and working on a legendary takes up most of my monies anyway. :P

Yeah can’t go wrong with beserk stats for weapons. Even specific builds, with maybe conditions being an exception, that rely on armor stats for that boost, aren’t super effected by weapons as much as a full armor set.